old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

bitcheshavebirthdays replied to your post “We’re 32 and much as I’d love to canon call, I know they’re all way…” Please do canon calls or…

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

Sorry if its obvious, but whats the dofference between alternormal and alterhuman?

An alterhuman is a being. Alternormal is an adjective. Alterhumans experience things that are alternormal.

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

quicklime-girl replied to your post “new word: alternormal Alternormal adjective denoting events,…” Doesn’t super/paranatural already cover most of this? I don’t know if there needs…

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

new word: alternormal Alternormal adjective denoting events, experiences or phenomena (such as shifts, anomalous memories, phantom/astral limbs, headmates, soulbonding, unexplained urges and feelings, etc) that…

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

this isnt specific to anyone but i feel like someone could hear this. to those who are questioning a kintype take your time learning to understand and figure yourself out!! months ago i would feel this attached weight on my shoulders, and i assumed it would be wings, vague phantom feeling emerging of wings. but a few months later i realized what it was! the weight of charging cables that plugged into my back. i was an android. take your time figuring stuff out. try not to assume!

Thanks for sharing, anon! Great advice.

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

Do you think there’s anything problematic about being ‘facthearted’, aka fictionhearted with an actual person? Like, I don’t feel that I’m currently/ever was him, but he does seem like an ideal version of me, like who I’d be if I had total freedom of expression, you know? Or maybe there’s a different term for that which I’m not aware of?

I don’t know if there’s a specific word for it (facthearted seems fine?), but honestly there is nothing wrong with seeing a celebrity and feeling…

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

We get discouraged by canon call blogs…. We are a system of fictives who would love to find our canon mates, but the body is 26, and a lot of the call blogs are minors. We would never discourage anyone from saying “no one over 18”, in fact we think that’s probably a good idea for minors! But it makes us feel like we won’t ever find our “people” and makes us feel like…. Like she’s too old to still be like this…. Can you help us? We feel so completely alone, and sometimes incredibly fake…

I know the feeling, anon. I’m 30 and that shuts me out of a lot of canon call blogs too. Being older doesn’t make you…

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

Can you have a synpath to a real person?

I don’t really see why not? Opinions from the peanut gallery?

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

Hey there. First off, you guys do great work here. Thank you for being nice and understanding and everything. Onto a question: I roleplay as my kintype, since that’s the only way I can let him out without judgement except with those closest to me. And I would like to start interacting with other kin (doesn’t have to be my canon, just so I can be me with other people). But I’m worried that people will think I’m posing or something because I RP. How can I let people know that’s not the case?

There are plenty of kin who roleplay as their kintype. I wouldn’t worry about it too much 🙂

old tumblr postsJuly 4, 2016

Is it possible to be fictionkin by spiritual beliefs and psychological things? Because I’m not sure what my religion is, but I believe in reincarnation and the multiverse. But I also think that it might be influenced by my mental health.

Its really all up to you, anon. Spiritual and psychological are really just terms of continence. You can believe that your kintype is influenced by…

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

How can one tell if they’re a psychological fictionkin?

Requirements for being psychological fictionkin 1. You have experiences and feelings that lead you to believe that you are or were a fictional character or…

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

I have one character that I am kin with, and I also have a synpath. But lately I’ve been feeling shifts for the synpath, particularly the urge to talk like them. This feels a bit odd, since he’s VERY different from both me and my kintype. Not unpleasant, just odd. And I was wondering what this means. I still don’t feel like I am him. But lately he’s been talking through me more than normal. What exactly could this mean? And should he be handled any differently than my kintype?

That;s very interesting, anon. I don’t really have an experience with synpath shifts. Maybe someone else who has can answer your question better? However, your…

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

hi! could you elaborate a bit more on where the line between fictionkin and fictionhearted lies? i only ask because there’s a character that resonates with me quite deeply, and a lot of our base traits are the same, but i also sorta have my own identity and personality beyond him. so i’m puzzling over what the right term is.

Hey there anon. 🙂 Fictionkin is the right term if you believe you ARE this character. Fictionhearted is the right term if you share traits/the…

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

How long can a shift last?

Indefinitely. Some shifts only last minutes, some hours, some days. A shift could probably theoretically go on forever.

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

I’m a non-canon character who was married to a canon character and lived in a world. Sure, it hurts no-one remembers me. But it doesn’t make it any less beautiful and real and the people who matter, who were there, remember. I hope you find your place, anon!

Thanks for sharing, anon <3

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

Is it kin if you don’t identify as a character but with a universe, like you belong in it? And there are very strong feelings and ties to certain characters in that universe that feel real?

Sounds like it could be -hearted, or you could have a kintype that’s basically an “OC” from that universe, ie, someone who wasn’t shown in the…

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

Is it possible to control phantom shifts (Like, control when they happen)?

It depends. Its generally possible to trigger shifts deliberately, but it can be difficult to stop them from happening spontaneously.

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

Can you explain Aesthetic kin to me?

To my knowledge Aesthetic “kin” aren’t kin, they’re people who take a fictional character’s aesthetic as their own.

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

Can you explain the difference between being fictionhearted and synpath? I’m questioning my connection to some characters and the definitions you have on your FAQ for these words make the most sense to me, but I’m not sure how to figure out which would be a more appropriate label.

fictionhearted: I want to BE that. Synpath: I want to HUG that. Fictionhearted: that’s who I am in my heart, that’s what I should be.…

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

The more I think about anti-kin, the sadder the whole thing becomes for me. 90% of them hate kin because they think we’re delusional, meaning they hate people who are mentally ill and need to take it out on people they think can’t fight back. The other 10% hate us because they think we’re “special snowflakes”, as if they’re personally, deeply threatened by someone else thinking they’re special, that’s… really pathetic. Anti-kin is literally just bigotry and insecurity wrapped up together.

Yep, that’s absolutely true, anon.

old tumblr postsJuly 1, 2016

If your kintype is Ken, do you ever wonder if you never met Wormmon in this world because he isn’t dead in your world? From what I remember (though my memory of the show is kind of spotty), Digimon never actually “die”, they just get rendered into data fragments and then reform again. Maybe he’s still there.

I have thought about this a bit before, and it very well may be the case. I don’t really know.. Its hard to figure out…

old tumblr postsJune 30, 2016

Say it with me everybody “you can’t pick your kintypes” Louder for everyone outside of the community.

old tumblr postsJune 30, 2016

Um, hello! Sorry that this isn’t relatively on-topic with what your blog is honestly about, but I just want to say that I’m terribly sorry for you, about the rude anons in this case. I don’t think you deserve those crude words, and so far, I’ve only seen nice people in this wonderful community, so I really don’t understand why people just feel negative emotions towards kin. But I’m apologetic if this was completely off-topic, but I hope you don’t let their words get to you, or any other people.

Hey there. 🙂 I appreciate you taking the time to send this and thank you for your kind words. Thankfully it isn’t all rude anons…

old tumblr postsJune 29, 2016

Being Factkin (submitted post)

Hi, factkin anon here! Thank you so much for letting me get this out and talk about my experiences. First is… god, realizing. The realization.…

old tumblr postsJune 29, 2016

I was wondering, are there any blogs that so kin calls that allow psychological kin and copinglinkers, as well? I want to talk to some people who would be okay with me letting my kin out and chatting with them, but since I don’t have exactly the same experience as most kin, even though I fully respect spiritual kin and don’t think they’re invalid, that I’ll be scolded because I’m not spiritual enough, or because I RP my kintype (partly because that’s the only way I can let him out). Any advice?

You’re certainly welcome to share your views and such on this blog, anon. Other than that, I don’t know of any particular blogs. Chime in/reblog…

old tumblr postsJune 29, 2016

Can we just declare “you can’t be kin outside of your race” (and all possible variations of it) trolling and summarily dismiss it as the nonsense it is? I have a hard time anybody seriously believes that anyway. They’re just saying it to stir shit

Agreed, anon. Either that or they’re from outside the community and have no idea what they’re talking about.

old tumblr postsJune 28, 2016

Asking with no disrespect to the fictionkin community: I’m trying to understand how someone can be fictionkin? If the character is literally made up, how can someone have memories from that life if they never existed in the first place?

Thank you for asking so respectfully, its really appreciated. The truth is that everyone who is kin has a slightly different theory for how it…

old tumblr postsJune 28, 2016

I’m feeling very confused about my identity and was wondering if you could help me? I recently realized I could be fictionkin but I kinda fluctuate in and out of it. Sometimes I feel like I am them and other times I’m just myself. Is this normal???

That sounds like it could be a lot of different things, anon. From your description it could be: 1. you’re kin and sometimes its more…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

Hey this might sound odd but can you have a soulbond that’s separate from your actual system? I’m a system and I’m trying to gain/pull at a soulbond but I was curious if they become a system member.

I don’t really have a firm answer for you, but I can talk about my personal experience. In my personal experience, I have had headmates…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

On that post about canon calls, I just wanted to add that it can be particularly bad if youre villiankin because you may feel like you owe it to canonmates to do what they want and just take whatever shit they throw your way because you ‘deserve it’.

Very good point, anon.

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

Seeing all these people saying they’re afraid to be factkin makes me want to ask: is it okay to be uncomfortable about them? I wouldn’t go around harassing them, making blatant posts on why they should or shouldn’t exist, and besides being uncomfortable with them, I’m a bit indifferent to the entire thing. Is that okay?

Its okay to be uncomfortable with factkin, as long as you’re not harassing or badmouthing them. Remember too that some people are uncomfortable with fictionkin…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

I’m factkin but very very very very secretly (this is my first time admitting it at all anywhere to anyone) and i can completely understand why people uncomfortable with us, and those people being assholes isn’t helping at all. I don’t know of any places i could talk about my experiences without being judged, but tbh there’s a reason for that. Lots of reasons, which you already covered. I wish other factkin understood that too

Thank you for writing, anon. 🙂 I feel for you, I really do. Having to deal with being factkin must suck way more than being…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

I’m going to be so livid if that network blog deletes because of some bad seeds in the Personakin and Factkin community. They seem really nice and made something I haven’t seen before to help the community it really boils my blood that Factkin and Personakin with their already bad reputation would think harassing someone is the proper response to someone being uncomfortable with them.

I agree with you anon, it’ll be a shame if they delete, especially because a) a nework catalog is actually pretty useful b) its probably…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

idk if this is the right place to go to for something like this but I just started following this brand new blog that catalogs kin networks (networkcatalog). the problem is they’re getting harassed really hard by factkin and personakin right now and I’m scared because I think they’re low on spoons that they’ll do something bad to themself. could you and your followers send them some love maybe?

I don’t normally post these kinds of things, but harassment fucking pisses me off. If there’s anybody who wants to send @networkcatalog their warmth and…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

In response to the “how long should I wait” question, I have found that once you realize what these feelings can be called and look into one, others start appearing as if they all just waited for you to know what to call them. It’s almost chain-reaction like. Those are my 2 cents, though.

That;s true, but I’ve found that trying to ignore them once they have decided to keep poking your brain just drives you to distraction.I tried…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

How long should you wait between realising you have another kintype? I already have 5 kintypes, and I’m really against the idea of having another one, although I’ve been having strong feelings for awhile now that I do have another one.

There’s no rule of thumb, really. It sounds like its something that’s on your mind so I think you should pursue it. Do some introspection…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

Instead of being god kin, is it possible to just be a being with godlike power? I don’t want to be called god kin because it doesn’t sit right, plus a lot of haters seem to go after them :/

I definitely recommend examining the feelings that go along with those powers, and why you feel them. There are definitely a lot of beings, and…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

i dont… really understand kintypes, and i doubt i have one, but i have to wonder because angel speculation posts resonate with me and i have had the sensation of phantom wings on and off for as long as i can remember. i guess im just… confused? i don’t know. i just dont know.

It can be very difficult to come to terms with the idea that you even MIGHT be kin. It has all kinds of upsetting connotations.…

old tumblr postsJune 27, 2016

I’m having trouble finding out what I’m kin with. I think I’m a mutant from the X-Men, but no matter how much I look I can’t find who I am. I can’t meditate because I find it extremely difficult to with my active brain, and I don’t know how else to go about it. Help?

You don’t necessarily need to meditate to think deeply about who you are. Make up a set of questions for yourself, and try to answer…

old tumblr postsJune 26, 2016

This isn’t purely fictionkin-related, but I was thinking on the argument anti-kin make about how “all otherkin are always glorious animals, nobody’s ever a slug” and how “all fictionkin are always main characters, never somebody non-notable” and… it occurred to me that most people who ARE kin of, say, a slug, aren’t going to be vocal about it. It’s embarrassing to admit. People mock us for being “cool” stuff; imagine how much worse they’d treat us if we admitted being a chicken or something.

This is absolutely true, anon. Also, the people who say that always forget that there ARE people who are things like snails, goblins, unseen characters,…